Title: Replication Package for "Decision by Design: Leaders, Bureaucracies, and International Crisis Performance"

Article Author: Tyler Jost

README Author: Tyler Jost

Journal: International Studies Quarterly 

Date: September 15, 2024

Computing Environment: MacOS Sonoma 14.7

Software: R (Version 4.3.1)

Required Libraries: here (Version 1.0.1), countrycode (Version 1.5.0), readstata13 (Version 0.10.1), tidyr (Version 1.3.0), dplyr (Version 1.1.3), interplot (Version 0.2.3), sandwich (Version 3.0.2), clubSandwich (Version 0.5.10), lmtest (Version 0.9.40), stargazer (Version 5.2.3), xtable (Version 1.8.4), ggplot2 (Version 3.5.1), ggpubr (Version 0.6.0), dfidx (Version 0.0.5), mlogit (Version 1.1.1) 

Note: To replicate all analyses including figures and tables, (1) download all data files,    (2) change the working directory as needed in the first R file (or use 'here' package), and (3) run all code files in numerical order.

Runtime: Approximately 10 minutes.

*** Main Datasets ***

nsi_dataset_master.csv

This data set documents features of national security institutions across the globe from 1946 to 2015. Codebook is provided in accompanying appendix.

crisis_dyad.csv

This file contains a list of all dyadic crises between 1946 and 2015, building on those listed in the International Crisis Behavior Dyadic-Level Crisis data (version 15). Details on the review process are provided in accompanying appendix.

crisis_outcomes.csv

This file contains the outcomes of international crises between 1946 and 2015, building on those listed in the International Crisis Behavior data set (version 12). Details on the review process are provided in accompanying appendix.

leaders_updates.csv

This file contains codings of gender, military service, combat experience, and years of experience for leaders listed in the Archigos_4.1 dataset. Codings are taken from the LEAD Data Set for 1946 to 2004. Original data was collected for 2005 to 2015. Details are provided in an accompanying appendix.

*** Supplementary Data ***

atop_sscores.csv (Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions Project s-score data)
contdird.csv (Correlates of War Direct Contiguity Dataset, v3.2)
ddrevisited_data_v1.dta (Democracy and Dictatorship Dataset)
dyad_trade_cow_v4.csv (Correlates of War Trade Data)
gdpv6.txt (GDP data)
GWF_AllPoliticalRegimes.dta (Authoritarian Regimes Dataset)
icb2v12.csv (ICB Dataset, v12)
icbdy_v15.csv (ICB Dyadic Dataset)
majors2016.csv (Correlates of War Major Powers Dataset)
NMC_5_0.dta (Correlates of War National Military Capabilities Dataset)
p5v2018.csv (Polity V Dataset)
states2016.csv (Correlates of War State System Membership, v2016)

Note: R programming files contain organized sections. Use the following shortcuts to better navigate R.

1_dataframe_build.R
- Builds the dataframe for analysis.

2_analysis.R
- Performs the analyses in the main text.

3_analysis.R
- Performs the analyses in the appendix.

Data sources:

Barbieri, Katherine and Omar M. G. Omar Keshk. 2016. Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set Codebook, Version 4.0.

Brecher, Michael and Jonathan Wilkenfeld (1997). A Study of Crisis. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Center for Systemic Peace, The Polity Project (Polity V)

Cheibub, José Antonio, Jennifer Gandhi, and James Raymond Vreeland. "Democracy and dictatorship revisited." Public choice 143 (2010): 67-101.

Chiba, Daina, Jesse C. Johnson, and Brett Ashley Leeds. 2015. "Careful Commitments: Democratic States and Alliance Design." Journal of Politics 77 (4): 968-982.

Correlates of War National Military Capabilities (Version 5)

Ellis, Cali Mortenson, Michael C. Horowitz, and Allan C. Stam. "Introducing the LEAD Data Set." International Interactions 41.4 (2015): 718-741.

Geddes, Barbara, Joseph Wright, and Erica Frantz. "Autocratic Breakdown and Regime Transitions: A New Data Set." Perspectives on Politics 12.2 (2014): 313-331.

Gleditsch, Kristian S. 2002. "Expanded Trade and GDP Data," Journal of Conflict Resolution 46: 712-24.

Goemans, Henk E., Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, and Giacomo Chiozza. "Introducing Archigos: A Dataset of Political Leaders." Journal of Peace research 46.2 (2009): 269-283.

Hewitt, J. Joseph. "Dyadic Processes and International Crises." Journal of Conflict Resolution 47:5: 669-692.

